Easy FancyBox vs Photo Gallery by 10Web
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| Feature | Easy FancyBox v2.3.25 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Photo Gallery by 10Web v1.8.48 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | October 5, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Firelight Lightbox · Firelight Lightbox Pro ($) | Photo Gallery · Premium Photo Gallery by 10Web ($) |
| Pros | Automatic lightbox for images and galleries; YouTube and Vimeo video embeds in the overlay; Settings for appearance and behaviour | Responsive galleries with a lightbox and slideshows; Gallery and slideshow widgets in the free version; Instagram and video embeds |
| Cons | Pro upgrade prompts appear in the settings; PDFs open through a Google Docs viewer, which sends the file URL to Google | Several views and the tag widget need Premium; Upgrade messages appear in the gallery editor; Large plugin with many views and an extra remote library |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Lightbox overlay for images and media, YouTube and Vimeo in the overlay, PDF viewer through Google Docs, Disables the core WordPress lightbox, Settings page for lightbox options, Pro upgrade screens and licence prompts ($) | Gallery shortcode, Galleries, albums and image tags as post types, Gallery and slideshow widgets, Tag cloud widget ($), Instagram gallery import, Vimeo video lookup for galleries, Gutenberg block, Elementor widget, Premium upgrade notices on locked views |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | YouTube, Vimeo | Instagram, Vimeo |
| Plugins | — | Elementor |
| Other | Google Docs viewer | 10Web |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 4.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | docs.google.com | graph.instagram.com, core.10web.io, api.wordpress.org |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |